creating new archives

I have four snapshots.
Recently I got a new external HD to be used for all backups only.
I decided to create new archives for the snapshots in this HD.
The process run normally at the beginning, but after few seconds become sluggish and after a while stopped. The FD windows is showing 103 hours remaining time for a 27 GB snapshot size. The process stops when the task Manager is showing it 'running'.
The same issue for every snapshot.
What I'm doing wrong?

thanks

 

I made a test creating a new archive on an old external HD. the process ran smoothly.
The new HD is a new formatted one (NTFS). Why the archive cannot be created on the new HD?

 

Any of these may be the reason:
-must be formatted as a Basic Simple drive (i.e. not Dynamic)
-max sector size is 4096
-can't be encrypted

 

Hi Clements

After first check it seems that the issue is due to the external HD being USB3.
My PC is approx three years old and seems not to support USB3.
I have four snapshots: two with XP and two with Win7.

The first attempt to create an archive was under an XP snapshot. It seems that the non-compatibility between the HD (USB3) and my PC caused the problem.
I was told that Win7 is able to create drivers that can assist solving this issue. I created an archive under a Win7 snapshot and the process ran normally.

I will try to install a USB3 adapter

 

Thanks for posting your discovery.

J